Walking in an Empire, A Bird Translates Silence

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]   October 28, 2022 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [A portrait of Courtney Faye Taylor sitting in a sunlit room, surrounded by plants.]( Interview [Walking in an Empire]( A year before the 1992 LA Uprising, a Black teenager named Latasha Harlins was killed in a corner store. Concentrate, Courtney Faye Taylor’s debut, revisits that tragedy—and the life that preceded it. By Amaud Jamaul Johnson [A man rows a boat down a river on a moonlit night. Mountains and smoke rise in the background.]( Essay [A Bird Translates Silence]( Wong May updates the Tang Dynasty poets for the 21st century. By Dennis Zhou [geometric shape of a blossom, in aluminum (silvery white)]( Featured Blogger [From Poet to Critic and Back Again]( I was a poet long before I even knew what a critic was. Children may be taught, as I was, to read poems and to write their own, but nobody teaches a kid to be a critic... By Timothy Yu Archive Editor's Note [The Waste Land at 100]( As our exhibit Better Craftsmen, Not Gods: An Exhibit on the Editing of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” attempts to show, The Waste Land’s afterlife was a self-fulfilling prophecy strategically crafted by Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, two writers who sought to meaningfully connect with what they thought of as the “greatest” literature ever created. Here’s a secret from me: I don’t think they’re the greatest. By Robert Eric Shoemaker Featured Podcasts POETRY MAGAZINE [Nikky Finney, Ross Gay, and Adrian Matejka on Cataloging Time with Artifacts and Heartbeats]( This week, Poetry’s new editor, Adrian Matejka, sits down with Nikky Finney and Ross Gay for a joy-filled conversation about time and how we catalog it with artifacts, heartbeats, and, of course, poems. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen POETRY off the shelf [As I Am]( Ama Codjoe on normal naked bodies, solving problems, and her childfree life. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen VS [Danez & Franny VS Getting Grown]( Franny and Danez grace us with insight on being grown and dreaming toward the future. These former VS hosts talk with Brittany and Ajanaé about the way sobriety, domesticity, and clarity about their identities as writers is shaping their lives. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen Poem Talk [Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery]( Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Carlos Decena, Dagmawi Woubshet, and Abdulhamit Arvas. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen   [More Featured Podcasts]( SUBSCRIBE [GET POETRY]( [The Poetry Foundation]( [The Poetry Foundation on Twitter]( [The Poetry Foundation on Facebook]( [The Poetry Foundation on Instagram](   You have received this email because you submitted your email address at www.poetryfoundation.org. You may [unsubscribe]( or [change]( your newsletter subscription preferences at any time. © 2022 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA #